if i knelt before you,

we laid down our national boundaries,our racial, religious, and political differences…and just for that one day,each of us had to wear a sign that said:‘please forgive me, i’ve already forgiven you! ‘and we just listened…what do you think we’d hear?

are the jobs,houses, and families,lost to the mouththat devours….the dreams burninglike trash on the sideof the road….the fields empty, turning brown.cities of ghosts,empty buildings to streets,streets that kill with sudden sureness,leaving no trace,and no memories!

dirty withthe heart’s trueconvictions….and doesnt keeprunning… to washthem!

God didnt die…you did!the body taken downfrom the cross silently weeps…the tears sound like rivers,and buds on the limb!the bottle on the table,containing the self…falls to the floor,and shatters!the floor wetwith desire and breath.angels dance barefoot,the glass shimmers with light!the wolf cub curled,so close to the fur.the shouts of the leaves,unborn, unseen.the dirty hand, and…

woke up with a start;dreaming of sex, and death,and the ten thousand thingsi worry about, but cant change.get up,sweep the floor,pour a cup of coffee,stare out the window…night falling over the treeslike an anvil.who am i?a scarecrow witha cardboard heart,an adjustable wrench,broken, and discarded.a candle melted down,a doorbell thatdoesnt work anymore!an aching back…a set of…

in fact, she runs with the wolves,clothed in fur and claws and teeth!sometimes she is the moonlight,lighting their path,other times the wind,carrying their howls back to herself!dont talk to me of skin color,talk of blood! red, pulsing blood…flesh and sweat and desirewrapped in human spirit!